Emergence of MRSA ST612 in horses and of MSSA CC398 in cats in France

• Published in: Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 1001 - 1010
• Main Authors: Haenni, Marisa, Murri, Séverine, Drapeau, Antoine, Rafidinarivo, Iarimino, Gilles, Stéphanie, Keck, Nicolas, Léon, Albertine, Sulter, Aline, Tricaud, Marie-Capucine, François, Pauline, Madec, Jean-Yves
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press (OUP) 02.04.2025
• Subjects: Animal biology; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Cat Diseases - epidemiology; Cat Diseases - microbiology; Cats; Dogs; France - epidemiology; Genome, Bacterial; Genotype; Horse Diseases - epidemiology; Horse Diseases - microbiology; Horses; Humans; Life Sciences; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - classification; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - genetics; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Phylogeny; Prevalence; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections - veterinary; Staphylococcus aureus - classification; Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Staphylococcus aureus - genetics; Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Veterinary medicine and animal Health; Whole Genome Sequencing; France

Staphylococcus aureus is an important zoonotic pathogen that has often been seen in animals through the prism of the MRSA clonal complex (CC) 398 in pigs and in-contact humans. The goal of this study was first to assess the prevalence of MRSA, and second to look for MSSA CC398 in cats, dogs and hors...